THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
1$96 
119 
THE FARMERS’ CLUB. 
(CONTINUED.) 
and barley ? Should I put any on the ground be¬ 
fore plowing ? What is the best medium to dry 
up pig manure, when no straw is used, for fer¬ 
tilizer use, and what would necessarily be added 
to make it a complete fertilizer ? 
Ans. —By adding 600 pounds of muri¬ 
ate of potash to the hen manure and 
bone, you would have a fair fertilizer ; 
but it would be better to use 500 pounds 
more bone, also. Be sure to get the 
manure as fine as possible. We would 
not plow in any of this mixture, but 
would broadcast and harrow it all in. 
Clean out the pig pen frequently, and 
keep the manure under cover with plas¬ 
ter enough spread over it to keep it 
w T hite in color. Pig manure has a better 
balance in its proportion of potash, nitro¬ 
gen and phosphoric acid than any other 
live-stock manures ; still, it would pay 
to use 25 pounds of muriate of potash 
and 50 pounds of bone with every ton of 
manure. 
Some Plums for Pennsylvania. 
P. D. M., Grapeville, Pa .—What varieties of 
plums shall I plant ? Are the Japanese varieties 
hardy as far north as this ? If so, what varieties 
would you recommend ? The ground is a sandy 
or, rather gravelly loam, sloping to the south¬ 
east, and is protected on the north and west by a 
hill. 
Ans. —Yes, we think very highly of 
several varieties of the Japan plums. 
They are perfectly hardy at the Rural 
Grounds, Bergen County, N. J., and 
farther north. The Abundance, Bur¬ 
bank and Satsuma are those which we 
feel safest in recommending at this time. 
Willard is, perhaps, the best early. 
Red June, introduced by Stark Bros., 
Louisiana, Mo., thought to be the best 
Japan plum, is about a week later than 
Willard and earlier than the Abundance. 
Orient, introduced by the same firm, 
ripens soon after the Burbank. The 
Hale and Wickson are considered by Mr. 
Burbank, the originator, as up to this 
time, perhaps, the best of the Japan 
plums, but the stock is yet too small for 
introduction. 
Best Early and Late Strawberry. 
C. A. S., Vancouver, B. C .—What are the best 
very early aud very late, thoroughly tested, straw¬ 
berries, productive and possessing good shipping 
qualities ? Do Meek’s Early and the Gandy All 
the bill ? 
Ans. —Up to this time, we have found 
the Rio the best early, and the Beder 
Wood the next. For late, we would 
prefer either Parker Earle or Brandy¬ 
wine to the Gandy. 
Value of Skill in Grafting. 
T.J.B.. Constitution, Pa .—We have about 50 
Northern Spy apple trees in our orchard, that 
are of tine shape and thrifty, about 20 years old, 
but very poor bearers, and the greater portion of 
the fruit rots before ripe. Would it be best to 
graft them with some good, late variety, or dig 
them out, and plant young trees ? The rest of the 
trees are Spitzenburg, York Imperial, Ben Davis 
and a number of earlier kinds, which are very 
heavy, perpetual bearers. 
Ans. —The Northern Spy is a clean, 
strong-growing tree, and makes a good 
stock to graft many of the weak and 
slow-growing varieties on. The first 
cost of setting the grafts may seem 
large, but in comparison with the time 
lost waiting for young trees to come 
into bearing, it is small. Success in 
grafting over such large trees depends 
entirely on the skill of the man who 
does the work ; if done in a bungling 
manner, the result will be unsatisfac¬ 
tory and unprofitable ; while a com¬ 
petent and skillful man will know just 
how to distribute the grafts in the top 
so as to form a perfect shape, and cut 
away all superfluous branches. A skill¬ 
ful grafter can make nearly every graft 
live in thrifty trees, so making it unnec- 
cessary to put in more grafts than are 
needed to form the new top, thus reduc¬ 
ing the cost of setting grafts—as this work 
is invariably done by the graft. If such 
a man can be procured at a reasonable 
price, better graft over the trees ; if not 
done by a first-class man, they will prove 
unprofitable, and we would prefer to dig 
them out and plant others. As to what 
varieties are best to put on them, soil, 
markets and taste must decide alto¬ 
gether ; any variety that succeeds in 
that locality, will grow and do well on 
such stocks as Northern Spy. T. J. B. 
does not say whether he prefers early, 
fall, or winter apples. It would be 
necessary to know the character of his 
soil and the demands of his market, be¬ 
fore advising him as to varieties. 
New Jersey, jos. h. black son & co. 
Catalogue Reviews 
L. L. Olds, Clinton, Rock County, Wis. 
—A catalogue of seed potatoes, varieties 
of corn, oats, barley and garden seeds. 
The list of potatoes is first-rate. It re¬ 
gards Maggie Murphy as the largest po¬ 
tato on the list and a tremendous yielder. 
It is a great drought resister, a strong 
grower. The eyes are rather deep. The 
prices are remarkably low. 
W. W. Rawson &Co.,34 South Market 
St., Boston, Mass.—A seed catalogue of 
100 pages. The first page shows colored 
portraits of three dahlias, three of a prize 
collection, and the last page the new 
Chrysanthemum Double helianthus, also 
awarded a first prize by the Massachu¬ 
setts Horticultural Society. The color 
is a clear orange, the flowers resembling 
those of huge chrysanthemums. Girar¬ 
deau’s Triumph watermelon, it is claim¬ 
ed, is of remarkable size, very early, and 
exceedingly prolific. Six selected melons 
weighed 420 pounds. This firm is one of 
the most extensive market gardening es¬ 
tablishments in the country, and the 
varieties of vegetables it selects for forc¬ 
ing under their acres of glass should 
command interest. Note what is said 
about Rawson’s Improved Red Drum¬ 
head cabbage. Rawson’s White Spine 
cucumber, Rawson’s Hothouse lettuce, 
Rawson’s Puritan tomato are regarded 
as the best of their kinds. 
E. H. Vick, Rochester, N. Y.—A cata¬ 
logue of choice seed potatoes, small 
fruits and oats. The new potato, Vick’s 
Early Excelsior, is given the place of 
honor—the first page. It is claimed that 
this is the best extra early potato in 
existence which claim is supported by 
many testimonials. It is said to be much 
earlier than its parent, Early Rose, a 
heavier cropper and better in all other 
respects. Vick’s Abundance is a new 
late kind and a cross between the Peach- 
blow and St. Patrick—a heavy yielder 
and of fine quality Maggie Murphy, 
late, and Vick’s Early Pride are highly 
praised. The standard sorts are well 
described. 
Farm Seeds for All. 
We want every American Farmer that reads this advertisement 
to send us an order. Our “BLOODED SEEDS” produce larger and 
better crops in any soil and climate than those from any other 
source. This is a strong statement, but has been proved over and over 
again to be a fact, and you can prove the truth of this statement 
on your own farm. 
Our FARM SEEDS must be superior to all others or we could 
not have become the largest growers of Farm Seeds in the world. 
MERIT ALWAYS WINS. 
This is the year to plant Potatoes, for seed was never so cheap 
and never so good before. We grew 110,000 bushels last year. Over 
70,000 bushels are sold; and to sell the balance, we make extremely 
low prices on all the new and standard kinds, such as Carman No. 3, 
Carman No. 1, Honeoye Rose, Peerless Jr., Rose No. 9, Money Maker, 
Freeman, New Queen, Early Norther, World’s Fair, Houlton Rose, 
Lightning Express, Victor Rose, Rural Blush, Rochester Rose, Clay 
Rose, Great Divide, American Giant, Rural New-Yorker No. 2, Irish 
Daisy, Maggie Murphy, State of Maine and White Star. 
If you use five barrels or over, let us quote you “ Special Quantity 
Prices” on the kind you want. 
THREE GOOD KINDS OF CORN. 
New York State 90-day Dent, the best Dent Corn for the Eastern 
and Middle States, and the earliest and heaviest yielding Dent Corn in 
existence. 
Dibble’s Mammoth Yellow Flint holds the “World’s Record,” 
243 bushels from one peck of seed. 
Dibble’s Mammoth White Flint, best White Flint ever grown. 
BEST THREE KINDS OF OATS. 
Jobes’ Mortgage Lifter, the heaviest Oats ever offered the 
public. No other kind weighs 50 pounds to the bushel. 
Early Golden Prolific, a first-class variety with a record of 115 
bushels per acre, with common field culture. 
Great White Maine Oats, a most reliable White variety. 
On our farm (average area sown 15 acres), it averaged 83 bushels for 
three years. 
We have special low prices for 25 and 50 bushel lots of these Oats. 
DAY’S iriPROVED LEAFLESS MEDIUM BEAN. 
This Bean yielded 60 bushels per acre last season. At $1.50 per 
bushel, they came to $90, and you can grow Beans as cheaply as 
Wheat. Better try some this year. 
Our FARM SEED CATALOGUE gives full description of all 
these and a hundred other kinds of Farm Seeds. It is the hand¬ 
somest Catalogue of the kind ever issued, full of illustrations and 
crowded with testimonials from those who have used our FARM 
SEEDS. Send for it to-day. It is free. Address 
EDWARD F. DIBBLE SEED CO., Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 
Frank Ford & Son, Ravenna. O. —The 
“ Busy Man’s Book of Seeds,” being a 
catalogue of 48 pages of garden, flower 
and field seeds, seed potatoes, small fruit 
plants, grape vines and trees. We have 
been favored with many different kinds 
of new varieties of potatoes from this 
firm, and have always found them true 
to name. The firm offer this year one 
pound each of 41 varieties for 33.25, or 
one tuber each, weighing from one-third 
to one-fourth pound, by express for only 
31.65. There is certainly no reason why 
our potato-growing friends should not 
try c ifferent kinds of potatoes with a 
view of ascertaining which will yield 
most, and prove the most profitable kinds 
to sell. 
('Continued on next page.) 
If You Plant the 
RIGHT SEED. 
My new handsomely illustrated 
SEED BOOK tellB all about the 
best varieties of Onions and Every- , 
thing of interest in the Seed Line;! 
how to grow and market vegetables I 
successfully — FREE i f you write | 
at once—to-day. Box 54! 
H. W. BUCKBEE, 
ROCKFORD SEED FARMS, 
ROCKFORD, ILL. 
CHEAP 
ONION SEED 
1 will sell a strain of GLOBE 
DANVERS Onion Seed at 
88cts.perlb. 
postpaid by me. Dis¬ 
count on large quanti¬ 
ties. This is American 
grown new seed. 
My Seed Catalogue FREE. 
JAMES J. II. GREGORY * SON. Marblehead. Mass. 
NEW CROP ONION SEED 
7C CTS. PER POUND for YELLOW DANVERS. 
1 ^05 CTS. PER POUND for 
BEST YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS. 
I nn PER POUND for 
■VV large RED WETHERSFIELD. 
cn PER POUND for 
^ I .OW American-Grown PRIZE-TAKER, 
in lots of FIVE POUNDS of one kind or assorted as 
desired. With every S5.00 order goes Free a copy of 
Greiner’s Best Book, “ONIONS FOR PROFIT,” 
telling all the Secrets of Success in Onion Cultuke. 
If You Garden for Profit 
yon can save money and should buy at Wholesale Prices, as 
quoted in BURPEE’S BLUE LIST for 1896 . It is mailed Free 
to Market Gardeners everywhere, who, while entitled to the lowest prices 
possible, should be sure always to get Only the Best Seeds that Grow! BURPEE’S SEEDS are WARRANTED, 
—fewequal, none better —aud are sold annually direct to many more planters than are the seeds of any other growers. 
If you have not yet seen BURPEE’S FARM ANNUAL for 1896 , write for it TO-DAY. A handsome 
New BOOK of 184 pages, it is pronounced by papers everywhere The Leading American Seed Catalogue. 
ESTIMATES 
BY LETTER. 
It often happens that upon large 
orders (whether from market gar¬ 
deners, canning establishments, or 
institutions) we can do better than 
prices quoted in our catalogue. 
When sending for such au estimate, 
please write each variety on a separate 
line. We will then return this sheet 
(or order blank) with our lowest 
cash price for the lot. 
At all times we are prepared to 
meet any legitimate competition with 
other first-class seed houses. 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO.,Seed Growers, Philadelphia, Pa. 
